Transfers
HON 260: Honors Writing for Sophomore Transfers is the expected entry point for transfer students coming in at the sophomore level.
Students who join Honors with sophomore standing (31-89 college credits) are expected to take HON 260: Honors Writing during their first quarter in Honors at PSU. This course is writing intensive and serves multiple purposes: it introduces students to ways of thinking about the urban experience; introduces and develops the basic writing and research tools necessary for junior seminars and the senior thesis; and provides working examples of disciplinary scholarship in the humanities. It also connects new transfer students with other new Honors students, helping create community and a cohort.
HON 260 replaces HON 202 for sophomore transfers. Following HON 260, students will take both HON 201 and HON 203 to complete Honors sophomore-level requirements. (HON 260 was previously HON 299; it is the same course and fulfills the same requirements.)